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The Cost Accounting Manager, Operations Finance will be responsible for inventory, cost planning and estimation, analysis, and operational reporting. This role's primary focus is to provide financial leadership to management across multiple locations and oversight of cross-functional business processes that are necessary to guide effective decision making related to cost planning/estimation, plant operations impacts to cost, new business opportunities, cost reduction and process improvement initiatives.
Job Responsibility:
Oversee inventory, cost accounting and cost estimation processes at multiple site locations
Develop, implement and maintain cost accounting and inventory policies and procedures to ensure accuracy in financial accounting and operational reporting
Understand internal operations of each plant (i.e. absorption, production variances) along with inventory optimization as how it impacts cost estimation of a product
Develop, oversee, and present monthly operational results (cost savings, throughput data, unit cost)
Lead/Drive continuous improvement methods to maintain, evaluate and update operational standards through coordination with operations (run time, labor levels, supply costs, material costs), technology (yields, steps, blends), and supply chain (flowpath) teams
Partner with plant teams (ops/finance) to understand cost variances and work toward driving total cost down
Develop and implement processes to analyze and interpret operational costs and product profitability to drive actionable decision-making
Assist in the annual planning process for material, variable and fixed costs, department expense budgets
Assist the forecasting & budgeting process with gross margin, absorption and production variance analysis
COGM and COGS bridge of a unit cost
Prepare cost models as they relate to new business and long-term agreements (Cost Travelers)
Maintain a robust control environment with respect to inventory and safeguarding company assets
Ensure compliance with corporate policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
Minimum 5 years relevant accounting and leadership experience (prefer multi-location, midsize to large company)
Demonstrated career progression within an organization
4+ years manufacturing experience (working with materials as well as plant overhead rates)
Background in manufacturing (process manufacturing preferred)
Product cost estimation experience
ERP experience in a manufacturing setting (Oracle experience a plus) preferred
Strong problem solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
Project management skills
Strong Excel and Hyperion experience preferred
PowerBI
Self-directed with ability to lead and communicate across multiple functions and levels of the organization
Ability to explain finance/accounting concepts in layman terms to non-financial managers
Ability to embrace and drive change
Detail oriented, highly organized and able to manage multiple assignments with minimal supervision